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1. SPEED TEST OF 8 OR 16 RAM FOR 2012 MACBOOK PRO INSTALL
2. SPEED TEST OF 8 OR 16 RAM FOR 2012 MACBOOK PRO UPGRADE
3. SPEED TEST OF 8 OR 16 RAM FOR 2012 MACBOOK PRO FULL
4. SPEED TEST OF 8 OR 16 RAM FOR 2012 MACBOOK PRO PRO

In fact, in order for me to have stability, I had to reduce the power draw on the GPUs so that it didn't shut off my Mac Pro since the power draw was too high. Firstly, the Nehalem CPUs aren't nearly fast enough to properly feed one let alone two of the RX 580 GPUs.

SPEED TEST OF 8 OR 16 RAM FOR 2012 MACBOOK PRO INSTALL

Although I was able to install two modern GPUs in this machine, there are a couple of allowances I had to accept. Yes crossfire worked (mostly, but I'm not certain if the issues I had were due to the Mac Pro or due to crossfire itself).ĭon't get me wrong. In fact, as I mentioned previously, since I was able to install the latest AMD "Adrenaline" drivers, I knew I had the latest and greatest software those GPUs could offer. I went from 1 GB of onboard VRAM to 2x8 GB. Truly a testament to the engineering that went into designing the 2009 Mac Pro.

SPEED TEST OF 8 OR 16 RAM FOR 2012 MACBOOK PRO UPGRADE

At this point I was amazed with how I could reasonably upgrade hardware components such as a modern GPU (let alone two of them!) in such an aging system. Since I was able to already install macOS High Sierra, the upgrade was literally plug and play (with some caveats I'll detail in another article). I put both of my AMD RX 580 GPUs into the Mac Pro to hopefully get higher fidelity for gaming and hardware encoding. Was the 2009 Mac Pro capable of housing my pretty decent and modern GPUs? I decided to find out. The 2009 Mac Pro has two PCIe x 16 slots.

SPEED TEST OF 8 OR 16 RAM FOR 2012 MACBOOK PRO FULL

The reason I suspect was due to the fact the the bus speed of the Thunderbolt 3 connection to the eGPU enclose is only 1/4 of a full PCIe x16 bus. Recently, I noticed that although the eGPUs allowed for my MacBook Pro to have access to a full-fledged GPU, the performance was nowhere near that of a GPU that is housed on a regular PCIe slot. Luckily for me, I have two eGPU enclosures both housing AMD RX 580 GPUs (opens in new tab). Frankly, these are fine for my purpose but note that the standard SATA connections on the motherboard of the Mac Pro would make getting a larger SSD an easy upgrade. I can't afford to do both together.The system came with a 160 GB SSD drive and a SATA 640 GB HDD. I need to know which option I should do first. id=39ZVGXQRF3CZY&coliid=I3TS6MX0EZ9XCW&t… Option 2: Move to Samsung 500 GB SSD ~ $130 USD id=39ZVGXQRF3CZY&coliid=I3QILLSMY8PB0J&p…

Note 3: Apple recommends 8 GB max for my late 2011 MacBook Pro but unofficially it can support up to 16 GB. Option 1: Upgrade to Crucial 16 GB (2x8 GB) RAM ~ $85 USD Note 2: My RAM mostly run at 80%-90% capacity all the time and it goes to 90%+ when I use multiple tabs for browsing in Safari/Chrome.ĭue to financial constraints I can't upgrade my RAM and move to SSD at the same time and I need to choose one option. Most of the time I do all these simultaneously. Note 1: I use my laptop for everyday things like a) Checking mail b) Working on MS office tools c) Browsing the net (opening multiple tabs).